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Can the Federal Election Commission Be Saved?
The FEC is in the news with reports that Republicans are trying to force changes that would neutralize it even further.
A Path Forward for Egypt’s Revolution
Shamus Cooke: The battle for the future of Egypt is underway, and it's chaos.
What National Interest? An Analysis
President Obama and his congressional colleagues are carrying on an established, yet clearly dangerous, tradition of U.S. foreign policy — the mixing up of national interest and the parochial …
Egypt Under Empire: Dancing Between Dictatorship and Democracy
Real democracy in the Arab world is not in the American interest.
The Negotiations Begin: Obama’s Constitution, Snowden’s Constitution and Criminal Law
Edward Snowden is not a constitutional lawyer. But his public statements explaining his decision to blow the whistle on what he and Congress both know to be only the …
An Easy Toll Tax
While the weight of taxation continues to shift to the backs of the working and middle classes and onto the books of small businesses, Congress dithers about reforming the …
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DEA Using NSA Surveillance to Crack Down on Drug Crimes?
A new report reveals that a secretive DEA unit funnels surveillance info from gov't agencies to law enforcement — and tells them to hide it.
ALEC Turns 40, But Who’s Behind It?
Brendan Fisher: After forty years, corporate-funded ALEC remains an organization filled with secrecy.
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Are You Prepared to Shoot the Hostage?
With Republicans attempting to block Obamacare at every turn, the American people are the real victims.
Eric Holder: DoJ Will Challenge Voter Suppression Laws Using “Every Tool” at Its Disposal
The Department of Justice will not remain on the sidelines as the GOP seeks to illegally game the electoral system.